Use of Augmented Reality in Technical Analysis teaching

The thesis is focused on the problematics of augmented reality (hereinafter referred to asAR) and the possibility of its use in class Technical analysis on stock, currency andcommodity markets (hereinafter referred to as TA). The teaching is currently based onlecturing while using printed photocopies of technical-analytical charts. These complexcharts look confusing for students and are difficult to read because of multiple line overlays.This issue also negatively affects the chart’s information value.The aim of this thesis is to design a solution that, thanks to the use of AR, solves students'problems related to lack of clarity and low information value of teaching materials in TA.To indicate further development and the possibility of future deployment of the solution,the secondary aim of the thesis is to evaluate the designed solution with students and TAteacher, which is for testing purposes created in form of illustrational wireframe prototype.The thesis gradually introduces the AR technology, existing AR-based learning solutionsand their influence on students' results, examines the course TA, needs of students and triesto describe their problems in detail. It also describes the creation of the designed solutionand the prototype, which is subsequently evaluated by students and the teacher. Finally, thethesis suggests criteria for verification of future integration of the solution into teaching.The solution, which is in the form of the evaluated wireframe prototype the main output ofthe work, consists of a web administration, an API, a database and an AR mobileapplication. It solves the described problems by giving the teacher the opportunity to createsimpler and more readable materials that can then be enriched by AR in the mobileapplication. Using the device camera input, which is processed by AR algorithms and thedesigned mobile application logic, students can interactively highlight selected parts of thegraph on the display, add indicators, signals or charting graphical objects. Thus, whilemaintaining the simplicity and readability of printed teaching materials, their informationvalue and learning potential are dynamically increased.The author's contribution lies not only in identifying the area of the possible use of AR butespecially in the specifically designed solution for the needs of existing class. Since thefunctionality of this solution is designed according to research among students and theteacher, the result of the work can be considered as beneficial in practice. The results of thework can also be used as a basis for further development of AR use in teaching and outsidethe context of TA.